Pregame Observations From The Press Box: Penn State At Michigan

Here's what we're seeing from the press box for the Michigan Wolverines' football game against Penn State today in Ann Arbor.

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• The starting offensive line warming up is the same as last week's — Barnhart, redshirt junior left guard Chuck Filiaga, Carpenter, freshman right guard Zak Zinter and redshirt junior right tackle Andrew Stueber.

• Senior defensive end Kwity Paye took the field with his fellow defensive linemen.

• Redshirt freshman center Zach Carpenter is warming up with redshirt freshman quarterback Cade McNamara, and there is no sign of fifth-year senior center Andrew Vastardis. He missed last week's game with injury.

• All of the running backs are warming up. There had been rumors one of the contributors would miss today's game.

• Several punt returners are warming up on the field, but sophomore wideout Giles Jackson is not one of them.

• Senior safety Brad Hawkins is on the field. He departed last week's game at Rutgers with injury and redshirt junior Hunter Reynolds filled in in his place.

• Redshirt sophomore left tackle Ryan Hayes is on the field. He has missed U-M's last three games with injury and redshirt freshman Karsen Barnhart has filled in in his absence.

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